TIRANA, July 5 /ATA/ – Prime Minister Edi Rama said on Sunday that the government’s latest budget revision would finance a new bonus for pensioners, allocate an additional 15 million euros for cancer medications and increase salaries for emergency medical staff.
Speaking in his weekly address, Rama described the June normative act revising the 2026 state budget as the week’s most significant development, saying stronger-than-expected economic growth had generated additional revenues, allowing the government to introduce new support measures.
Rama said the pension bonus reflected the government’s policy of sharing the benefits of higher-than-forecast economic growth with the country’s most vulnerable groups, rejecting suggestions that the measure was linked to electoral considerations.
He added that all additional tax revenues generated by higher fuel prices following recent international tensions had been set aside for pensioners rather than incorporated into the state budget.
Rama also announced an additional 15 million euros for medicines for cancer patients, salary increases for emergency doctors, an expansion of the state’s sovereign guarantee for a national business growth programme aimed at doubling the number of enterprises, and a doubling of financial support for people with disabilities and children with special needs.
He said the government had also fulfilled a previous pledge to increase assistance for children with autism and had expanded support for caregivers of people with disabilities and children with special needs, alongside additional funding for rural and urban development initiatives.
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